I'm probably spending WAY too much time on this question, but....
If the goal is just to perform a clean shutdown, and the power might cycle a
few more times before coming back completely, then shutdown.stayoff might make
more sense. A human could come along and manually power it back on.
...by plugging the PC into a new power source? Because the UPS outlet would be
shut off, so hitting the power button on the PC won't do anything. I'm not
aware of buttons on a UPS that tells it to turn its outlet back on, but then my
own UPSes have always been fairly dumb power units. Perhaps the newer smarter
ones allow for easy turning on and off of the outlet via physical console? In
that case, I can see the usefulness of .stayoff.
I suspect a lot of people who want to maximize uptime would want the UPS to
wait a bit for the battery to charge ("battery.charge.restart" -> "Minimum
battery level for UPS restart after power-off") before powering the load back
on.
Ah, that's a good idea. Something new to implement today!
Sincerely,
Rob Groner
Software Engineer
RTD Embedded Technologies, Inc.
ISO9001 and AS9100 Certified
Ph: 814-234-8087
www.rtd.com<http://www.rtd.com/>
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